The Anti-Masonic Party was the first national third party in American politics. Formed in western New York State in the aftermath of a spirited wave of anger and suspicion of the Masonic fraternity after a controversial incident in that community, this short-lived party had a substantial effect on both the national political landscape and the methodology of party politics. In the early nineteenth century, a large resentment was growing in American society against fraternal societies such as the Freemasons.


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